Dave's 5 Hot Takes

Dave's 5 Hot Takes

Five Hot Takes is a new, fun, and educational music podcast brought to you by American Songwriter Magazine and GRAMMY nominated singer/songwriter, and podcaster Dave Barnes. Follow along each episode as Dave host’s a multitude of different artists/entertainers across all genres of music for a fresh perspective on their, Five Hot Takes!

Episodes

October 20, 2023 72 mins

Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! This episode Dave and Matt Wertz talk about Dave's new album, "Featherbrained Wealth Motel".

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Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of season 2, Dave covers songs by John Mayer, Christopher Cross, Diane Warren, Huey Lewis and the News, and Paul Simon.

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March 10, 2023 16 mins

Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers songs by India Arie, Stevie Wonder, Midnight Star, Denise Williams, and [The] Eagles.

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September 21, 2022 23 mins

Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.

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March 17, 2022 15 mins

Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.

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February 9, 2022 20 mins

Welcome Back! Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On the premiere of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.

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Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer, Ben Rector. Dave and Ben catch up and discuss their Christmas musical influences. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.

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Musician Dave Barnes sits down with the Season 7 winner of Food Network Star and the host of Emmy-nominated series Sandwich King, Jeff Mauro. Dave and Jeff catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Jeff's hot takes on his favorite bridge of all time and who he thinks is the best singer/drummer combo. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.

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Part 2 with Ben Rector. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer Ben Rector. Dave and Ben discuss Dave's favorite Ben Rector tracks.
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Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer, Ben Rector. Dave and Ben catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Ben's hot takes on the best Beatle of all time to current pop music being more performance art more than it is music. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
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Part 2 with Claude Kelly. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, record producer, and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Claude Kelly. Dave and Claude discuss Dave's favorite Claude Kelly tracks.
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Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, record producer, and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Claude Kelly. Dave and Claude catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Claude's hot takes on the mental jukebox of 5-10 songs that is always in their head to the melody of the song “Rain” by SWV. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
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February 17, 2021 26 mins
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Knacks to Cyndi Lauper to Sugar Ray’s “Fly”.
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Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on love songs on this special Valentine's Day 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Temptations to Peter Cetera to Wynona Judd.
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February 3, 2021 14 mins
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Harry Styles to Train to Whitney Houston.
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Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, on this special episode of Five Hot Takes when Dave welcome Rob and JP, hosts of the podcast, Great Song Podcast, to give Dave five hot takes EACH in music. Thats right, this episode contains 10 hot takes. From Billy Ocean to P!nk to Garth Brooks to Pat Benatar, there is a hot take for everyone on this episode.
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Singer/Songwriter Dave Barnes has special episode where he answers listener's questions regarding potential hot takes in music. Discussing songs from Pink Floyd to Tracy Chapman to Lisa Loeb, Dave will let you know why he thinks these artists made their musical decisions.
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January 13, 2021 14 mins
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Supremes to James Taylor to Salt-N-Pepper.
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Singer/Songwriter Dave Barnes has special episode where he answers listener's questions regarding potential hot takes in music. Discussing songs from The Wallflowers to D'Angelo to John Mayer, Dave will let you know why he thinks these artists made their musical decisions.
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December 23, 2020 13 mins
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Diamond Rio, Sheryl Crow, Justin Bieber and Toto.
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